Jorge Salazar is a window cleaner from east Salinas who knows what it's like living in a small space, but he was still amazed when he took a tour of the Tiny House and Engineering Statics Project at Hartnell College last Friday afternoon.

The house is on a 7-by-18 foot trailer and has a livable space of 98 square feet. It was built by 15 Salinas High Mission Trails ROP Mill Cabinet students and three students from the college as part of a summer internship at Harnell's Alisal Campus.

"I live on this east side of Salinas, so this is like wow to me. I'd love to take it there and live in it," Salazar said. "I've been thinking about buying a motor home, but this is way better."

Tiny homes have grown in popularity thanks to FYI's "Tiny House Nation" television show.

Hartnell student Heidi Rojas, who also took a tour of the tiny house, said she can't get enough of the show.

Salazar said he hopes to see more being built in the future.

"It would be nice if they had things like this for low-income families," he said.